The Era of Gods-Chapter 728 - 728 The Transformation of the Clan

Chapter 728: Chapter 728: The Transformation of the Clan Chapter 728 -728: The Transformation of the Clan After all, he wouldn’t be able to go to the Tidal Crystal Barrier System immediately due to some matters, with Nemesis and Hermes being there, they could ensure the battle group wouldn’t suffer any major losses.

The two had followed the Emperor of Myriad Forms in countless world campaigns, their combat experience was much stronger than Lin Xiao’s, and with both of them present, he felt at ease.

At the end of the meeting, Lin Xiao was about to leave when he suddenly heard someone calling his name from behind.

He turned to see Lei Xuanji and another military bigwig named Wu Dongye approaching together, with more than a dozen officers of lieutenant general or major general rank following behind them.

Lei Xuanji walked up to him and said,

“We are planning to have a drink and discuss some matters, would General Lin Xiao be interested in joining us for a drink?”

After a moment of thought, Lin Xiao nodded with a smile,

“No problem!”

The group left the conference room, and an internal flight vehicle stopped at the edge of the building.

They chatted as they boarded the vehicle and set off into the distance.

Throughout the journey, Lei Xuanji introduced Wu Dongye and the accompanying officers to him, all of whom were his subordinates qualified to participate in the meeting.

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Being a general as well, Lei Xuanji had been promoted to general for over a thousand years in Main World time, currently the commander of the Sixth Division of the Second Expeditionary Army.

With a thousand years of management, his Sixth Division had a full seven standard battle groups, only three short of the maximum limit of ten for a standard division.

In fact, he had left these three vacant on purpose; if he wished, he could have filled up all the battle groups completely.

However, if the battle groups were full, there would be no room to recruit excellent subordinates, and no promotion opportunities.

Subordinates with strength who couldn’t be promoted would definitely have complaints.

General Wu Dongye held a God Level status of Level 16 and also belonged to the Second Expeditionary Army, as the commander of the Fourth Division.

He had command over eight battle groups, and in terms of strength and influence, he was even more superior than Lei Xuanji.

Both were experienced generals, but their attitude towards Lin Xiao was very amiable, and they chatted and exchanged views casually without any air of superiority.

Lin Xiao’s mind was clear as a mirror.

Although they were stronger than him right now, any discerning person could see that it wouldn’t be long before he would surpass them.

Both in strength and influence.

Having been first promoted to Powerful Divine Power with the Ancient God’s Divinity, he had already surpassed Lei Xuanji, whose God Level was only Level 15.

With the Ancient God’s Divinity already at Level 15, the New Divine Profession would be no issue.

Furthermore, it was well-known that he had inherited the legacy of the Myriad Images God System, which guarantees an immeasurable future.

With the rich legacy of the Myriad Images God System, it was only a matter of time before he would be promoted to a Super Divine Power at God Level 19.

Not to mention, he had two girlfriends with exceptional identities.

When combining all these factors…

“General Lin truly has an immeasurable future!”

Wu Dongye sighed and smacked his lips.

Changing the subject back to the main topic, he said,

“General Lin, I heard that you have a fleet of Void Ships, including ten Super Large Void Battleships.

I was wondering if you would be willing to sell one or two?”

Lin Xiao’s heart stirred upon hearing this, but he feigned surprise on his face, pretending to consider before showing an apologetic expression,

“I’m sorry, but I have no intent to sell them at the moment.”

Wu Dongye responded with a smile,

“I should be the one apologizing.

It was presumptuous of me to ask.

I was just inquiring, and if there are any spare ones, I’m willing to purchase them at a 20 percent premium.

If not, then never mind.”

“There really aren’t.”

Lin Xiao spread his hands and said,

“It’s not really up to me.

That’s part of my girlfriend’s dowry, and I certainly don’t dare to sell it.”

“Indeed, that was too presumptuous of me.”

The three of them laughed and tacitly agreed not to bring up the matter again.

Afterward, they arrived outside the war zone, at a club owned by a family member of a big shot…

The next day, Lin Xiao returned to the large courtyard assigned to him, instructed his subordinates to prepare the items he had ordered earlier, and picked up a piece of intelligence, falling into deep thought.

The AX-14 Crystal Wall System, Heya Plane.

Ever since the Lin Family had fostered good relations with Colonel Sun Zhenhua, the commander of the local base of the seventh division in Crystal Wall Universe, the Lin Family’s and Zhang Family’s contention over the Heya Plane had entered a one-sided stage.

For some reason, Colonel Sun Zhenhua openly defied the military’s rule against involvement in clan internal strife and blatantly favored the Lin Clan.

This left not only the Lin Clan puzzled, but the Zhang Family also filed multiple arbitrations to the main base of the AX-14 Crystal Wall System, to no avail.

After repeated failures, they directly sought arbitration with the Fifth War Zone, but there was still no response.

Clearly, anyone could see that either the Lin Clan had a backer of high status, or the Zhang Family had offended some powerful entity wanting to target them.

And it wasn’t a direct fatal blow but rather a slow suffocation, akin to boiling a frog in warm water.

It was a method designed to torment both the body and the soul.

The feeling of watching oneself slowly dying was even more painful than being killed outright.

For over a thousand years on the Crystal Wall System AX-14, the Zhang Clan had been in gradual retreat, but had not been exterminated entirely.

Instead, the various planes occupied by the Zhang Clan were taken over by the Lin Clan in successive struggles.

Now, only the ancestral plane of the Heya and two small planes, along with seven tiny planes remained, their territory less than a tenth of its peak, and their strength greatly diminished.

Throughout these years, the Zhang Clan’s pleas for assistance fell on deaf ears.

After giving up on seeking justice, they sent a large number of their descendants away from the clan.

The younger generation joined major forces, but somewhat larger powers dared not provide them shelter.

The key issue was, they still did not know who they had offended.

Zhang Yan, the Clan Leader of the Zhang family, had some guesses in his heart but dared not be sure, nor willing to believe.

After all, though Lin Xiao had a bit of status in War Zone Five, it wasn’t enough to make a war zone break the rules for him, let alone have the clout to impose a comprehensive blockade on them.

Keep in mind, this wasn’t just about War Zone Five, a colonel did not possess that level of status and prestige.

After more than a thousand years, the Zhang Clan had completely declined, not only in terms of the territory within Crystal Wall System AX-14 but also their power and influence in the Main World.

Although the clan still had two True Gods and remained a True God family, the territory and resources they possessed hardly matched the name of a True God family.

The crucial thing was that their reputation was damaged; no one dared associate with them.

They had been isolated.

Without territory, without resources, unable to save themselves, they could only wait for death.

In contrast to the despairing Zhang Clan, the Lin Clan had entered a high-speed development phase over the past thousand years.

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They not only completely suppressed the mortal enemy Zhang Clan, seizing a large amount of territory, but also befriended the major officers of their Crystal Wall System.

Under their partiality, the Lin Clan not only unified the Heya plane but also obtained the development rights to another group of planes slightly smaller than the Heya.

The clan’s power continued to grow.

Aside from Lin Xiao and Lin Xu, the clan had given birth to two more True Gods, far surpassing the Zhang family.

Yes, Lin Xu had been enthroned as a god.

However, he had married his girlfriend Shi Ke centuries ago, and, having joined the Shi Family, he successfully attained godhood with his father-in-law’s support.

He even founded a True God team centered around him and his wife, which seemed to be developing well.

Lin Xiao, looking at the information displayed in the intelligence reports, fell into deep thought, wondering how Lin Xu had managed to convince their great-uncle.

Turning to the information about his own parents, Lin Xiao could not help but reveal a knowing smile.

As the highest-ranking member in the family now, almost everyone in the family knew that the blatant favoritism of the officers of their Crystal Wall System was most likely due to Lin Xiao.

Naturally, the status of his parents within the clan rose accordingly.

After the Lin Family seized the majority of Heya’s main plane and a plethora of other large and small planes from the Zhang family, a third of the main Heya plane had been allocated to Lin Xiao’s father, Lin Haolin, along with two of the several Grade B planes, plus a few medium and small planes, as well as the ownership of a few planes in the newly developed group of planes slightly smaller than the Heya.

Lin Haolin now controlled the third largest number of planes within the family, with the family’s second True God, great-uncle Lin Zhanghong, ranking second.

All this was taken for granted by Lin Xiao, but for a minor family, it was the basis for their status.

The central abandoned Floating City in the Heya plane once lay between the Lin and Zhang family territories and was typically used for negotiations between the two.

Now, with the Zhang family’s retreat, the Floating City was occupied by the Lin Clan.

After extensive refurbishment, it had become the Lin’s family residence within the Heya plane.

The former residence had been abandoned.

Numerous Mage Towers could be found on the Floating City.

After repairs, they were largely usable, and one of the inner towers had been allocated to Lin Haolin.

As the family had been allocated too many planes, particularly as the other group of planes was just being developed, Lin Haolin had been extremely busy in the past few decades, rarely at home, recently returning only for the family’s decennial meetings.

Back at the Mage Tower, Lin Haolin sat on the living room sofa in silence.

Jin Yunzhu, his wife, who always seemed as young as a girl, brought a large fruit platter before her husband, delicately pinched a bright red fruit, and placed it into her husband’s mouth, asking:

“You seem gloomy; is something bothering you?”

Looking up at his wife, who looked as young and pretty as a girl, Lin Haolin smiled and said,

“There’s nothing bothering me.

It’s just that at the meeting today, the Clan Leader said that Commander Chen Yongming from the main base of our Crystal Wall System will be inspecting the area, including a visit to the Heya plane.

The Clan Leader wants us to prepare well.”

Hearing it was just this, Jin Yunzhu’s worries vanished.

A Flower Fairy struggling to lift a fruit flew towards her and she bit into it, speaking between bites:

“It’s odd, though.

Our son is a colonel, but so is Commander Chen, who is also the commanding officer of our Crystal Wall System’s stationed forces.

By rank, he’s no less than our son, and by seniority, he surpasses him.

Why is he so friendly towards our Lin family?”

Lin Haolin shook his head,

“I’m not very clear on that.

Maybe it’s because Xiao’er has a brighter future.”

Jin Yunzhu nodded, then suddenly said,

“Could it be because of that pretty girl who came with him last time?

I heard her father is a high-rank in the war zone, and I’ve long noticed that girl had a soft spot for our son.”

As she spoke, her face showed certainty.

But no sooner had she finished than she changed the subject, her face showing concern:

“But isn’t our son’s girlfriend that Shen Jia girl?

Although the Shen family girl might be of slightly lesser status, she’s beautiful, smart, and well-mannered, often sending us nice things…”

“Doesn’t that girl send us things often?”

Lin Haolin gave his wife a glance, making the briefest of comments.

Jin Yunzhu was momentarily at a loss for words, her face reflecting the difficulty of the decision.